Installing applications in FSO

[digger vermont]

On Thu, 2008-08-28 at 08:41 +0930, Rod Whitby wrote:
> digger vermont wrote:
> > On Wed, 2008-08-27 at 18:31 +0200, Michael 'Mickey' Lauer wrote:
> >> Am Mittwoch 27 August 2008 18:16:53 schrieb sparky mat:
> >>> Is it possible to install applications to FSO? (trying FSO for the
first
> >>> time)
> >> Sure. To make the .desktop files appear you need to set the
category = Office 
> >> or change some xdg configuration file which I don't know offhand.
> >>
> > In the same vein.  I've been tracking
> > http://shr.bearstech.com/fso-testing/
> > 
> > If I add opkg.conf files for
> > http://downloads.openmoko.org/repository/testing/
> > 
> > and do an opkg upgrade will fso get muddled up?  Should I add some
"arch
> > feed-name priority" lines?
> 
> Never mix feeds.  Period.
> 
> Ask someone with OE commit privs to add whatever applications you want
> in the fso-testing feeds to simply add that application's name to
> task-openmoko-feed.bb and it will be automatically built.
> 
> If you need a specific application ipk from a different feed, then
> download the ipk and install it manually, using your judgement to
> determine whether it's dependencies are going to screw your system up.
> Take a full backup of your rootfs first.
> 
> -- Rod

Okay, makes sense.
digger
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